--- title: She was seated by the brook looking pale and weary when he reached h… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She was seated by the brook looking pale and weary when he reached her, and he would have thrown himself down at her feet, but she drew herself away from him with as much indignation as if he had been the Yellow Dwarf. Who acts: brook, King, Princess. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (brook, King, Princess), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg503:7:73 # text = She was seated by the brook looking pale and weary when he reached her, and he would have thrown himself down at her feet, but she drew herself away from him with as much indignation as if he had been the Yellow Dwarf. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 seated seat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 8 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 weary weary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 11 when when SCONJ WRB _ 13 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 aux _ _ 20 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 21 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 20 obj _ _ 22 down down ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 30 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 29 obj _ _ 31 away away ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 as as ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 indignation indignation NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 38 as as ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 39 if if SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 42 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 45 cop _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 Yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 Dwarf Dwarf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seat** | past · passive | the brook | Princess | | | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Value | | 2 | **look** | gerund | the brook *not said here* | | | | | pale *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **reach** | past | King | Princess | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 4 | **throw down** | would · perfect · passive | | King | | Princess's feet | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination himself=Theme | | 5 | **draw away** | past | Princess | Princess | | | | from King; with much indignation; away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent herself=Theme from he=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | King | | | | | as the Yellow Dwarf | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/74/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/)